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THE. LONDON JOURNALS. I AYLY EXTRACTS `FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, APRIL: 26, 1826. [MORNING. inutAtp.] Return o f all. the houses licenced for the recep , tion of Lunatica in Great Britain, the,names ofte PrOPrietors, .and the number of patients confined in each, has been laid before the House of Commons. We have. otily to regret that the information contained in this document is so. meagre and defective. From many counties there is no return at all, and among these is the county of Middlesex, where there are so many honks licenced for, the reception of lunatics. From some there is a. return of the patients confined not only in private mad-houses, but also in public asyltuns. From others no return of the number of patients confine& in the latter, and from only one es tablishment, the Shrewsbury House of Industry, is there any return to show whether the house is regu larly visited by medical men ; so that we have no means Of ascertaining the exact number of patients, nor the manner iuwhich they are treated in the different asylums throught4he country. The latter species of infOrma riqn, however, is by far the most important, and tomake the document complete. such. returns as the following ought to have been called for, the names of the visiting physicians to every public and private asylum through- MA the kindom—the number of times they had visited the asylum each yeas--what 'complaints against the proprietors or keepers had been made before any Ma gistrate) and how these. had been disposed of.; the result of any inquiries that had been instituted for the purpose of correcting abuses in public asylums—also affidavits by the visiting physicians,. certifying, from their own personal knowledge, what was the mode of treatment adopted. by the proprietors of these private read-houses--whether, they considered it the best, and whether, for aught they knew, it might be of such a nature as to harass and.. irritate the feelings of the un happy patients, and thereby prolong. the malady,..for the, purpose of answering the views of those interested. If such returns were made, it is extremely probable, that in some parts of them. there would be sad blanks; thst in others it would, be found that complaints had been made before Magistrates, and that inquiry bad been left to physicians, or to the friend of physicians, interested in concealing abuses, and that the visits of physicians, particularly to private Mad-houses, were, like 'those of angels,. few and far between. In former numbers of this paper, we called the attention of our readers to the abuses that were supposed to exist in private , Mad-houses. We say supposed, be cause the mysterious manner in which such establish ments are conducted' prevents' the public from ascer taining 'correctly their real state. A number of letters from. different individuals bore, testimony to 'such abuses, Mid contained plans for reinedying them. We believe, however, that no remedy will be effectual, till the siole management is taken out of the hands, of phy sicians, and till the public be made acquaintedwith the froceedings that take place in these abode's of misery. fhe relatives of the patients. might object to this. - They - might as welt however, object to the publicity given to evidence taken at .Coroners' Inquests, and we can see no reason why the law of England should sanction it in one case and prohibit it in the other. Such a Court of Inquiry was instituted for the be nefit' of the public in general, and tiur checking the wicked attempts of relatives, or of persons re.. siding in the same house, who might .be inte rested in the death of any member of the family. What reason, therefore, can there be for this se . crecy in the treatment of Lunatics ? A murderer is commonly regarded as the greatest of. criminals, but there is no reason why that man should not be equally abhorred and. punished, who e fi.om selfish moti-iss, subjects a fellow creature to unmerited insult and hope less confinement„ement, and thereby confirms a disease which is worse than death. The keepers of private Asylums are interested parties. We should be sorry to suppose that many of them resort to improper modes of treat ment, for the purpose of prolonging the captivity of their patient, but we have no hesitation in saying that such instances clooccur,. and that one solitary instance et a human creature being needlessly confined and driven by cruel treatment to confirmed madness, ou_ght to be a su ffi cient reason for the interference of the gisleture. Itwere better, indeed, that all such places were declared illegal, than that the present mysterious .system should be continued.. In the. public. Asylums throughout the kingdom, the. patients. are more regu larly visited by medical men than the private estab , lishments—the public are occasionally admitted, and eonsequently some•apinion can be formed of the man ner in which the patients are treated:;. but. those of a private description are as inaccessible to the pub lic as the bastale was in the reign of Louis XV., or as the state prisons of the Grand Seignior are at the present day. Every establishment is liable to abuse, unless the proceedings be occasionally laid before the • public ; and when it is recollected that ho many of our fellow creatures are cenflued throughout the country in places of this description,' every friend , of humanity must admit the necessity of some change: , From the iiriperfect Returns laid before the House it would ap per that 7,904 persons have been , entered into the Registers as Loanitics frour.lBls to 1824. In Some lerge towns the number of women exceeds that dwell in the proportion of six to seven; in others of five to. six, and from the Return made this year,hy the. Phy sicians of Bethlem Hospital to the Court of gover nors, it appears that . the number of women in that establishment exceeds that of men by nearly one half. The proportion of inert to women, however, in the gross amount, is as four to three. There has been no return from IrelancL In that country, with all its po verty and wretchedness, we believe instances of Suicide are much less frequent than in England'; and it is ex : - tremely probable- that the number of Lunatics bears a „similar proportion. It would, therefore, be interesting to ascertain the number of both these eases in Ireland , - in order to compare them. with 60e of Great Britain. [MORNING CIIIIONICLE.j If there is one subject more than another, respecting which one would think there couldof be. no difference opinion, one would imagine it is that of allowing Coun sel . to_ persons prosecuted for felohy. net same argu- merit which would go to the exclusion of Counsel in criminal matters, would go to-theexclusion of them in civil matters ; for if it be' proper that there should be no pleading on the evidence in a matter affecting life, it is proper that there should also be none in a matter of less moment,-property. The allowing. Counsel to ad dregs Juries,is either proper or improper,but itis clear that it cannot be proper in 0110 ease and improper in another.— The most superstitious determination to suppot every thing that is established , merel y because it is esta blished, 'eould, alone maintain that the allowing a Counsel to address a Jury for a defendant in a matte of property, is condnciye.po the ends of justice, and it the allinving a Counsel in matter of life and death is not conducive to these ends. One circumstance ought to have some weight in a case of this kind: England is the only civilized country which excludes a person under a charge of felony from the benefit of Counsel. Now, it does not follow, thit because England stands alone in this respect,' that her practice is necessarily to be reprobated ; but though we are not disposed to subscribe to the opinion of a foreign Ju risconsult, that England, in matters of Criminar Juris prudence is many degrees below Turkey, yet it will not, webelieVe, be contended that far more guiltymen escape in England, and far more innocent men are condemned, than ih any other civilized country. The History of, England, said Voltaire, ought to be written by the hangman. There is no accounting for the abundance of crime in this country for centuries, but from there being something radically wrong in our Criminal Sys tem. So fir, therefore, from the circumstance of any • practice being a pectiliarity •in our mode of criminal procedure, intitliiig it tit) any particular favour, it ought to lead us to view it' with distrust. We are now ap proximating, as much as possible, , to the Criminal Sys tern of other countries. .111 r: Peel admitted that we were behind our neighbours. When we find, then; that no one practice of ours excites more universal horror than that of denying to a prisoner the benefit of Counsel, we have very strong grounds ,for suspecting, that we are not much happier in this respect; than we are in the want of a public prosecutor, and in the bungling manner in which we conduct all the proceed ings preliminary to a trial. THE Alt MY. Detachments belonging to the 45th and 54th Regiments of Infantry, marched yesterday from Westminster for Chatham. Detachments belonging to the 4th and 11th regiments of Light Dragoons, marched yesterday from Westminster for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. Detachments belonging to the 2d, 6th, 20th, 38th, 41st, 44th, and 48th Regiments of Foot, marched yesterday from Westmin ster for Canterbury•. Detachments belonging to the 85th and 89th Regiments of In fantry marched yesterday from . Westminster for Dover. A Detachment of the 31st Regiment of Foot, marched yester day from Westminster for Tilbury Fort. Detachments belonging to the 35th and 81st Regiments of In fantry, marched yesterday from Westminster for Winchester. Detachments belonging to the 37th, 70th, 76th, and sth Foot, marched yesterday from Westminster for Portsmouth A Detachment belonging to the . 69th Infantry, marched yester day from Wesminater for the Isle of 'Wight. The Head-quarters' Division of the sth (Northumberland) Re giment of Foot, arrived on the 22d instant, on board the Joseph . Green transport, ut Portsmouth from st. Lucia. Detachments belonging to several Regiments, arrived, on the 22d instant, at Portsmouth, from the Mediterranean. Detachments of Recruits arrived in town on Saturday morning from Norwich, on route to join their respective corps and de pots. A division of the 'Mb (Highland) Buffs is ordered to embark at Cork, on board the ,P' almyra transport, for conveyance to Ceylon. Four troops of the Ist , Regiment of Life Guards haii marched from Maidenhead, Wickham, and Henley, to Egham, Staines, Salt Hill, and Slough. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cornwall. George Boughton Kingdon, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Cornwall Regiment of Militia—The lion. George Edgcumbe to be Major, vice Rickenberg, resigned. East Cornwall Yeomanry Cuvalry—Mt Smith, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Parkin, resigned ; Jeffery, °init. to 'be Cornet, vice Smith. • Cornwall Hussars. Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter Bileigh Gil bert,-Fes. to be Lieut.-Colonel.Cuntnatuluut, .y)ti'Vyvytin, place 1. Commissions signed. by the Lord Lieutenant .of the Couuty of ~.„, Askew Hillcoat, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; William Wytid ham, the younger, Esq. to be ditto ; Henry Hoare, Esq. to be do. ; Robert Gordon, Esq. to be ditto. Wilts Militia.--Edw. John Ambrose Goddard, Esq. to be Captain s Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Viscount 'Andover to be Captain ; George William Frederick Earl Bruce to be ditto. Commissions in the Ist Essex Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. John Archer Houblon, jun. Esq. to be Captain, vice Fol lett, resigned ; Thomas Battylle, Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice Davies, resigned; Cornet Ambrose ,Thegall .to, be ditto; Joliet Battylle, Gent. to be Cornet ; John Prince, Gent. to be Assist ant-Surgeon ; Samuel Gooch, Gent. to be Veterinary Surgeon. Comtuissions in the Richmond Forester Yeomanry Cavalry. Cornet William Pyhus to be Lieutenant; John Gerard, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Pybue, promoted.. From the LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 25. Foreign Office, April 25. The King has been pleased to appoint his Grace the Duke of Devonshire to be hie Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of All the Missies, on the occasion of his Imperial Melody's Coronation. Whitehall, April g 5. The King has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Archdeacon and Chapter of the Ca thedral Church of Landaff to elect a Bishop of that See, void by the tranalation of the Right Rev. Father in God Dr. William Van Mildert, lute Bishop thereof, to the See of Durham; and his Majesty bas also been pleased to recommend the Rev. Charles Richard Sumner, Dr. in Divinity, to be elected by the said Archdeacon and Chapter Bishop of the said See of Landaff. The King has alto been pleased to recommend the Rev. Charke Richard Sumner, Doctor in Divinity, to be chosen into the place of Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, and also to be elected and admitted into the place of Canon Residentiary of the said Cathedral Church, the same being void by the translation. of the Right Itev. Father in God Dr. William Van Mildert, late Bishop of Landed', Dean and Canon Residentiary of the said Ca thedral Church of St. Paul, to the See of Durham. BANKRUPTCY. ENLARGED. W. Fenlvick, Little Queen-street, Lincoln's lnn-fields, furniture broker, from March 14, to 1111 y 2, at ten, it the Court of Com , laissioners. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. W. Asian, Toll End, Tipton, Staffordshire, iron master. BANKRUPTS. T. Steele, Disley, Cheshire, cotton spinner, to surrender May 9, 10, and June 6, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Swinden, Liverpool ; Messrs. Halstead and Son, Manchester; and Messrs. Milne and Parry, Temple, London. M. Capper, Liverpool, victualler, May 8,9, and June 6, at one at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. Chester, Staple London ; and Mr. Pennington, Liverpool. . T. Groom, Brintou, Norfolk, horse dealet, May 8,9, at four, at the Angel Inn, Norwich, and June 6, at twelve, at the New Inn, Holt, Norfolk. - Attornies, Mr: Withers, - jun., Holt; and Mr. Bridger, Angel-court, Throgrtwrton-street, London. J. Burrell, Morning-lane, Hackney, brewer, April 29, May 6, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. 13irkett, Taylor, and Cox, Cloak-lane. G. Reisenbeck, Church-court, Clemeut's-lane, Merchant, April 29, May 9, IA nine, and June 6, at ten, at, the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Lowdhatu,. Parke, and Froeth, Lincoln's Inn-flelds. C. Shearn, Bath, Confectioner, May 5,6, and June 6, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Bath. Attornies, Mr. Makineon, Middle Temple, London ; and Mr. "Hellings, Bath. J. W. Aldridge, Penton-street, Pontonville, apothecary, April 29, May 6, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Lovell, Holborn-court, Gray's Inn. T. Jennings, Canterbury, builder, May 8, at six, 9, and June 6, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Attorneys, Messrs. Jeffery .and Mervin, Faversham ; anti Mr. Bower, Chancery lane, London. • R. Hopkine, Bristol, cabinet-maker, April 29, May I, and June 6, at one, at the Commercial Booms, Bristol. Attorneis, Messrs. Bourdillon and Hewitt, Bread-street, Cheapside, London ; and Metisre. Bevan and B r itt au , B r istol. . (1; Dallimore, D ev i zes , Wiltiltire, innkeeper, May 5, fi, and :Inne'6, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Bath. Attorniea, Mr. Makin stin, Middle Temple, London ; and Mr. Hellings, Bath. • T. Marsh, Bath, silk,mercer, May 1,2, and June 6, at tai at the Angel Inn, Bath. Attorneys, Mr. Makinson, Middle Temple, London ; and Mr. Hellings, Bath. . J. Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, plasterer, May 20, at five, 22, and June 6, at ten, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Attonigks, Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Chancery lane, London ; and Messrs. Walter and Billings, Cheltenham. W. Roberts, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, victualler, May 9, 10, and June 6, at eleven, at the Woolpack Inn, Reading. Attornies, Mr. Newbury, Reading; and Mr. Ford, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-tields, London. J. Taylor, Strand, printer, May 2,9, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorneys, Messrs. Finmore, Clarke, and Finmore, Craven-greet, Strand. J. Jenkins and 3. W. Cruttenden, Wapping High-street, coal merchants, May 6, 13, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Bataford, Horseleydown.lane, Southwark. C. Clarence, Great Permian, Middlesex, farmer, April 29, at one, May 9, at ten, and June 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attvrney, Mr. Turner, Pereiy-street, Bedford square. J. Barton, High Wycoinbe, Buckinghamshire, paper-maker, May 2, at one, 6, at two, and June 6, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Fox, Austin Friars. L. Moses, and L. Levy; London, brokers, April 29, May 9, June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Partington,.'Change-alley, C. Bramwell, Baker-street, Portman-square, wine-merchant, May, 2,9, and June 6, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Mayhew; Chancery-lane. J. Stenson,:Nottingham, commission-agent, May 22, 24, and June 6, at eleven, at the Ram Inn, Nottinghanie Attornies, Messrs. Payne and Draft, Nottingham; and Messrs. Taylor,. Fea therstone-buildings, Holborn. J. Pickrin, Lydeorne and Widcome, Somersetshire, builders, May 6,8, and June 6, at two, at the Hummer Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Mr. Wasbrough, Bristol ; Mr. Mackay, Bath ;. and Mr. J. Claybon, London. J. W‘matall, Rochdale, Lancashire, bookseller, May 22',- five, 23, at nine, at the Wellington Hotel, Rochdale ; and JUne 6, at eleven, at Whit,!'s Hotel, Manchester. Attornies, Mr., Norris,. John-street, Bedford-row, London; and Mr. Heaton, Rochdale. , J. Wheadon, Bath, grocer, May 5,6, at one, and June 6, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Bath. Attornies, Mr. Makinson, Temple, London ; and Mr. Hellings, Bath. - • J. Tetley, Birstall, Yorkshire, top-maker, May 23, 244 and . June 6, at eleven, at the Sessions House, Wakefield. Attornies, Messrs. Battye and Co. Chancery-lane, London ; and Mr. Cuttle, Wakefield. T. Pointon, Manchester, victualler, May 8,9, and June 6y, at nine, at the, Staff Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Norris,, John-street, Bedford-row, London ; and Messrs. per and Norris, Manchester. J. (Gulden, Methloy, Ydtkshire, corn miller, May 8,9, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Attornies, Mr.. Maxon, Little Friday-street, London ; and Messrs. Upton and Sens, Leeds. J. North, Vrineswould, Leicestershire, butcher, May. 9, 10, and June 6, at eleven, at the Offices of Messrs. Meredith and Brown, Leicester. Attornies, Messrs. Meredith and Brown, Leicester; and Messrs. Holum, Frampton, and Loftns, New inn, London. T. Wa Wells, Lincoln, scrivener, May 17, 18, and June 6, at eleven, at the White Hurt Inn, Lincoln. Attornies, Mr. Roe, Gray's Inn-square, London ; and Mr. Williams, Lincoln. W. Winstanley, Liverpool, shoemaker, May 10,- 11, and June 6, at one, at the Star and Garter Tavern, Liverpool. At nies, Messrs - . Aviinn and Winsta►ley, Liverpool; and Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London. J. Knight and IL Lacey, Paternoster-row, booksellers, May 2, at one, 9, at twelve, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of the Court of Commisiioners. Attornies, Messrs. Ashley, Lillie, and Goodman, TOkenhouse-yard, London. P. Coyne, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, apothecary, May 2, at nine, and June 6, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. S. W. Darke, Red Lion-square, Holborn. DIVIDENDS. May 24., It Dawson, Leeds, Yorkshire, ailk-mercer, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds--May 26, .1. W..,Wakeford, Bolton le-Moors, Lancashire, linen-dro.per, at ten, at the Bridgewater Arms' Inn, Manchester—May 16, J. Sisson, Lombard-street, banker, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—May 16, 8. Sotheby, Wellington-street, Strand, auctioneer, at ten, at the Court of Counissionert--June 8, J. Iladwin, Liverpool, banker, at one, ;at the George Inn, Liverpool—May 16, S. Ashton, llir rningluitn, iron founder, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Binning ham—May 19, C. Sheaf, Harvington Mill, Worcestershire, miller, at eiovan, at the Itoyal Hotel, Birmingham—April 29, It. Franklin, Wilmot-strat, Brunswick-square, tailor, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—May 20, G. Fs ' Sargent, Marlbo rough-place, Peter-street, Westminster, patent leather-dresser, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. CEIITIFICATES--MaY 16. E. I. &mei* Great Ptescott-sireet, Goodnum's-fields, jewel ler—F. Whayrnau,- Amelia-row, Spa-road, Bermondsey, cur rier--G. Bird, llollybush-place, Bethnal-green, calico-dyer— J. Daniell, Lime-street, provision-merchant—W. Webb, Great Distaff-lane, packing cane-malter—J. Brenchley, sen. and J. Brenchley, Gravesend,. Kent, distillers—W., Masters, D ra k e . stree r, Ablgate, woollen-draper—W. Lea, Chas lotto-street; Fitzroy-square, broker-..-T. Wood, New Church court, Strand, printer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - H. Wyatt, sen. H. Wyatt, jun. and T. Utton, Brome, Suffolk, J. Robinson, J. F ors t er , an d J. B e ntley, land agents—S. Lord, King-street, Chaapalde, ate merchants—S. and J. Dawes, Bromford, Birmingham, iron masters--F. and J. Dando, High Holborn, hat manufacturers—J. nubile, G. Ellis, and J. Barlow, Hanley, Staffordahire, potters--J. G. S. and J. Davis, Ports mouth, musical instrument sellers—J. G. Carter and J. Peers, Cornhill, corn merchants--J. Firth and F. Sadler, Macclesfield, silk throwsters—J. Appleton and J. Bewail, Henley-upon- Thames. common brewers--A. L. Wigan and W. Smith, Dow gate-hill, surgeons—J. Acton:and S. Tillie, Liverpool, vit4ual lers—E. Mathews, Manchester, silk mercer, and J. P. Wise, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, drape—J. Crowcroft and J..N. John,. sou, Manchester, colour makers—T. and G. Gough, Bristol, ntillWrights—T. and G Gurnett, Harper-street, New Kent Road, carriers----A. Williams and W. Burgess, Birmingham, manufacturers—A. Nicoll, W. Franklin, and H. Rowed, Con-, duit-street, Hanover-square, tailors—S. Moore and T. Cullen, Nottingham, lace manufacturers—M. and W. Willcox, Wolcot, Somersetshire, chair manufacturers. THE MARKETS. (From the Price Current of Tuesday, April 25.) CoproN WooL.—We have to notice since our last a reduction of P. to id. per lb. in the prices of East India descriptions. The sales last week were estimated at about 2,200 bags as follows, 60 bags Vermin's good fair 10P. per lb. in bond; 150 Egyptians middling IP. duty paid ; 1,490 Surats ordinary to good fair 411 d. to SP. in bond ; ,510 Bengals 4d. to 50. SUGAR.--Raw Sugars are in steady demand ; 200 hhds. of New Barbadoes ware 'Ottred ; good White sold at 665. to 725. 6d. and middling 625. to 655. per cwt. About 400 hhds. and 125 trs. and barrels St.iLucia Sugar were also brought t o auc ti on , t h e quality particularly` bad; however, the prices were such as we hardly ever heard of, viz. 445. to 475. per cwt. for dabs, and 495. to 54e. for better qualities ; deducting the duty the prices left to pay the importer is only 21s. to 275. per cwt. Refined Sugars are scarce, and fully maintain last week's quotations.. Some in quiry after Crushed for the Mediterranean. In Foreign Sugars there were about 400 chests very good strong white Ilavannah put up for sale this morning, but withdrawn at 425. to 455. ; 425. were offered for the best lots. Some inquiry after white Brazil at 87s. to 88s. Corree.—The market remains heavy, at 475. for good ordi nary, and 48s, for fine ordinary at St. Domingo, hardly any buyers to be met with, however, at the same time, holders are very little inclined to sell at these prices, and by no means press the market, so that there were no public sales this day, and but small parcels advertised for the week. INDIGO has experienced a considerable reduction, and on some qualities the actual decline has been greater tl.ta has been expe rienced on most other articles equally depressed by the change of the markets. At the East India Company's late sale there was but few good / hipping qualities, consequently thadeliression was not so great as on the low and middling qualities. Since the sale Indigo suitable for shipping has been inquired for ; and qualities for home consum ption command an advance of 4d. p er lb. In digo for consumers selling in October last at 9s. to lls. per lb. are now to be had at ss. ad. to as. 6d. Oude, that brought be. and 7s. sold last sale at 2,. ad. and 3s. 6d. per lb. so that the loss to holders must have been immense. Pnovisions.—'Fhe quantity of Foreign Butter has increased to a very great extent ; whilst the quantity o f I r i s h i s d ecreas ing, notwithstandi ng th e protecting duty of 20e. per cwt. In respect to the prices of this article, we have to record another very consider able reduction ; indeed, the quotations are almost nominal, and the sale of Irish butter in particular almost impracticable. The stock of Bacon is only about 16,000 bake, against 81,000 a; this time last year, but prices are rather on the decline. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. O'Keefe's play of Wild Oda was performed last night. With much extravagance, and not a•little absurdity, it has so much ge nuine fun, that it never fails to create merriment and afford amuse ment. The representation of last night waft rendered interesting by the appearance of Elliston as Rover. His return to the stage will be gratifying to every lover of the: drama. His theatrical career has been long and varied; and whatever may be said of his other performances, those which he has exhibited as an actor have merited all the praise and popularity which they have acquired.— His voice, his deportment, his expression, and his unfailing ex uberance of spirits, have combined to raise him above all rivalry in his peculiar line of parts. His comic effects, even in brorid farce, are generally produced without over-stepping the modesty of nature, and nothing can be more natural and effective than the touches of what may be styled huniourous pathos which he throws into his comedy. To say that time and the wear and tear of years, not very quietly nor very cautiously spent, have in no degree af fected his powers, would be obviously to speak with exaggeration. —lt is astonishing, however, how little his energy appears to be abated, and to what a degree the buoyancy of his spirits still gives vigour and animation to his delivery. Elliston looked and played better last night, than he has done for some years. His voice seemed to have recovered what it had lost of its pristine tone and sweetness, and in his utterance, he had, in a great measure, got rid of the hesitation which occasionally marred the effect of his later efforts. He was received with warm expressions of favour. Mrs. West plays Lady Amaranth with delightful grace and intel ligence. Dowton is the true Thunder : but why was not John Dory given to little Smith, who is not without genuine humour, and has the very gait and bearing of a sailor? Miss Kelly's Jane is a powerful picture of vulgarity and ignorance. Brown is bare ly passable in Ephraim Smooth. Russell's Sim is highly re spectable. After the play, some foolish people called for Elliston, and repeated the call until he came forward, and said, " Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention gratifies, but oppresses me. Allow me to give out Virginias for to-morrow night, and this comedy for Thursday.". He then retired amidst loud applause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.— William Herring, an Irish labourer, was brought before the Alderman yesterday, charged with having nearly murdered his wife. One of the watchmen of St. Andrew's, Holborn, stated, that about 10 o'clock on Monday night, several persons came running whim, saying, that a man was just then murdering his wife, at their lodgings in Field-place, Field-lane. He instantly accompa nied them to the place; and in a room there, he saw a woman Stretched out upon the floor, - and quite insensible, with her clothes very much disordered, and her head and face covered with blood. She could not speak ; but several women were standing round her,. and they pointed out the prisoner as the perpetrator of the deed. He , was stalking about the room, muttering to him self, whilst the women shewed the witness the weapon he had used. It was a large tin saucepan, nearly new ; and it had been used with such violence, that the rim of it was broke through in two or three places. Witness asked the prisoner how he could think of beating a woman in that barbarous manner ? to which he replied with an oath, that he had not touched her ; but he afterwards said, "D..--n her ! I'm only sorry I did'nt kill the w—e whilst I was about it !" Witness then got assistance, and, while some of them carried the wounded woman to St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, others took the prisoner to the watch-house. The constable of the night said, that when he had locked up the prisoner he went to the room in which the affair happened, and found the floor covered with broken earthen-ware, and here and*there amongst it was a large mss of clotted blood. Catherine Kelly, a wretched looking woman, with her face covered with scars and bruises, deposed that she lodged in the same house, and she gave the following account of the matter :—" Brill Herring . (tbe prisoner) came to the door quiet enough that night, and my sister let him in—for his wife was gone to bed. He cal led out for a light, and I sent one down to him by my boy_ He then went into his own room, and' asked my boy to. go to some shop and buy him a candle. The boy went, and while he was away, the prisoner kept walking about his room and smashing the crockery. When the boy came back, I heard a great scuffling, and I called to the boy to come up stairs ; but, he cried out that he could not come, for Bill Herring was killing his wife. I ran down stairs that moment, and saw his wife lying on the floor in sensible, and the prisoner was standing over her in a great passion. I spoke to him not to beat her any more; but instead of heeding me he went to the cupboard and snatched up a saucepan and beat her with. it about the body as she lay, on the ground. I cried shame on him,, and at last he gave in, and I tried to raise her up, by putting my hand under her head ; but she was heavy and in sensible, I could not raise her, and when I took my hand from under her it was full of blowL This terrified mg; and I cried out for the watch, for I feared he would commit some more depredations upon her•-what with the drink and his passion to gether." This witness added that she had seen the woman at the Hospi tal next , morning, when she seemed "pretty comfortable," and said she did net wish any harm to come to the prisoner, because if she lived, she should have no one but him to protect her ! Timothy Kelly, a boy, about 10 years old, son to the last wit ness, after having been questioned by the Alderman as to his knowledge•of the nature of an oath, deposed that when be came back with the 'candle he saw the prisoner in the act of dragging his wife off the bed. He then beat her on her head and body, first with a saucepan, and then with a pail, until she fell on the floor, and then he jumped upon her, and kicked her. The prisoner did not say one word all the time, and his wife spoke but once. She said " Oh ! what are you beating me for," and then she fell down and he (witness) called his mother. The prisoner did not attempt to say any thing in his defence, and none of the Surgeons of the Hospital being in attendance, he was committed for further examination next Saturday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-Yesterday John Williams, who has been repeatedly charged at this office (on one occasion for a robbery at Lord Lovain's), was brought up from St. George's watch-house, and charged before Mr. Conant, the sitting 'Magis trate, with having committed a robbery under the following cir cumstances, upon the Countess of Belfast. William Allen, coachman to the Countess, deposed, that upon Monday afternoon he attended his m►stress with the carriage to the Park. About five o'clock the carriage left the Park, and in proceeding through Dean-street, Seymour-place, the Countess pulled the check string, and informed him that a man was behind the carriage. On stopping, he saw the prisoner jump' down and run away. The Countess then informed him that the prisoner had put his hand into the carriage, and had taken her reticule from her lap. He instantly pursued the prisoner, calling out "stop thief;" and, with the assistance of Mr. Allen, secured him in Seymour-place, where he recovered the reticule and pocket hand kerchief, which were worth twenty shillings. Robert Dunn, footman to James Bell, 'Esq. deposed that, he was in Seymour-place, and heard the cry of " stop thief;" on looking round he observed the prisoner running with something in his hiMd, and instantly pursued him and caught him by the collar. The prisoner dropped the bag, and knocked him down. He had just got away from him when the last witness came up and took him into custody, upon which he ran for the beadle, who secured the prisoner. The Beamlle.stated that he found nothing on the prisoner.—The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate. Accounts from Wampoa (China) state, that a dis order called an " epidemic cold" had been very preva lent there, particularly among the shipping, the entire crews of several of the vessels having been seized with it. Some slight dispute is stated to have taken place at Canton between the Europeans and the Viceroy, but at the departure of these letters matters had been ami cably arranged. A most melancholy act of suicide was committed by Mr. William Gibson, head gardener to HENRY PETERS, Esq., of Betchworth Castle, near Dorking, on Thursday , last.— Verdict —" Temporary mental Deriingement. ' St. Martin's Church in the Fields presents now a grand termination of the view from Rill-Mall, as all the obstructions that prevented it- from being seen from that point, are now removed. The Papers are all mistaken which state that Sir JOSHUA VAN.. BAUGH was the architect by whom it was erected. They should have known that GIBBS was the archi tect, according to whose plan it was built about a cen tury ago. It is curious enough that nations should be distin guished by so trifling, a circumstance as the mode of using the fork at table. An Englishman is remark able for placing his fork at the left side of his plate; the Frenchman is recognised at table for using the fork alone, without the knife ; a German by planting it perpendicularly in his plate ; and a Russian by using it as a tooth-pick 1 WEST IND STOCK ACCOUNT.for the. V of April Articles. A DOCKS. ...-- reek.gnd,ing Saturday, the 22i 1826. Exports don. Home Con sumption. Stock on Nandi 12,915 494 X 54 6,354 Hhds West - India ITrs. 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Boode, in consequence of a fall from h er carriarNewhil" At Bath, on the 1i th inst., Richard Bil lllll°3l till Esq. of Chichester, in the alth year of his age. ,fir,. Cato- Onthe :'3d inst. in the 7llch year of her age' Harchnge. ----"- s .,-...-,-- evli ~t the Printed and Published for the PaortirETQ., _ _. 10 1•,4018. OFF ter, No. 112, Strand, by J. 9. VA"- 2,810 129 3,142 119 339 9 179 34 74 17 2 11,631. 1,374 14,062 1,360 1 44 516 24 $l, 751 97 . 4i 46 21.1 io, 2,890 557 36 ist; 531 0,659 1 391 6,67 6 11,945 57 1,41 1 j 5, 0 4 6 4,01 114 s o,7ifil 1,681 914 - - 41 7,016 52i 6,2 03 11, 1 : 411 OM* Sugar 7' 6i 258 22 .1. Deli 'ered.